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Built for Patrol: How One Police Chief Fixed Communication, Boosted Visibility, and Changed the Culture

Patrol work hasn’t changed—but the expectations on officers have. See how one police chief helped officers get the right information at the right time, improve patrol visibility, and strengthen trust without adding complexity or surveillance. This real-world story shows how patrol-driven technology can make the job safer, smarter, and more effective—starting on day one.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 16, 2008

Louisiana Seeks to Execute Convicted Child Rapist

He is not a killer, but the state of Louisiana is determined to execute Patrick Kennedy for his crime. The New Orleans native faces that reality as he sits on death row at Louisiana's maximum security prison, the largest prison in the nation. The Louisiana State Penitentiary, or Angola Prison, is the size of Manhattan and surrounded on three sides by the Mississippi River.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 11, 2008

Minneapolis Testing White Lights for Traffic Light Enforcement

To catch drivers who run red lights, police usually have to run red lights themselves, risking an accident. Minneapolis tried to fix that by using cameras to record the licenses of drivers who ran lights, but courts ruled the system was illegal.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 11, 2008

TigerLight Demonstrated at Beverly Hills Police Department

This week the Beverly Hills Police Department hosted training officers, tactical team leaders and patrol officers for a two-hour demo of the TigerLight non-lethal defense system.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 10, 2008

NYPD to Institute Random Steroid Testing of Officers

The NYPD will begin random steroid testing starting July 1, police brass said Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 7, 2008

Seattle Police Department Recruits In NYC

The Seattle Police Department is recruiting in New York City, offering new hires a salary that is almost double what the NYPD pays its dwindling force.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 4, 2008

ELSAG North America Formed by ELSAG Datamat's Acquisition of Remington ELSAG Law Enforcement Systems

ELSAG North America is the new corporation created by ELSAG Datamat's completed acquisition of Remington ELSAG Law Enforcement Systems (RELES), manufacturer of the Mobile Plate Hunter-900 (MPH-900) advanced Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 4, 2008

New Florida Law Would Mandate Life Sentence for Killing Cops

Murdering or trying to murder a law enforcement officer in Florida would automatically mean at least life in prison without the chance of parole under a measure that was tentatively approved in the state House of Representatives on Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 3, 2008

N.C. Probation Office Slammed for Releasing Murder Suspects

One after another, the mistakes mounted in the probation offices handling the cases of the men charged with murdering UNC-Chapel Hil student body president Eve Carson. Demario Atwater, 21, had not received as much as a phone call from his probation officer for more than a year. Laurence Alvin Lovette, 17, had a probation officer who, after seven months on the job, still had not received basic training or met the teenager.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 1, 2008

Three Massachusetts Officers Named February NLEOMF Officers of the Month

For their efforts to save two people from a burning building, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) has announced the selection of Officers Derrick Dottin, Alex Capobianco, and Steven St. Hilaire of the Somerville (Mass.) Police Department as its Officers of the Month for February 2008.

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Articlesby Dave SmithApril 1, 2008

Something is Out There

Each of us who wears a badge and a gun gets to live a real-life monster movie.

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